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# 📚 Poetry & Language Club, First Gathering **Read. Write. Speak. Feel language.** Welcome to the first session of the **Poetry & Language Club in Paris**. This is a relaxed space for people who love **poetry, literature and languages**. Together we explore words through reading, conversation and short writing exercises. No academic pressure, no performance, just curiosity and the pleasure of language. ### Theme: “Élévation” by Charles Baudelaire For our first gathering, we will explore the poem **“Élévation”** by Charles Baudelaire. A poem about rising above the noise of the world and reconnecting with a higher state of mind. Together we will read the poem, reflect on its imagery, and use it as inspiration for writing and conversation. *** ## 🌿 What we will do 1️⃣ **Poetry reading** We read *Élévation* together (in French and English translation). 2️⃣ **Discussion** We explore themes of the poem: * elevation of the mind * nature and imagination * escaping the noise of the world Conversation can happen in **French, English or Italian**. 3️⃣ **Creative writing** Short writing prompt inspired by the poem. Example: *“If your mind could rise above the city, what would you see?”* 4️⃣ **Optional sharing** Participants can read their text if they wish. *** ## 🌍 Languages French / English / Italian No need to speak perfectly — the goal is to enjoy language and expression. *** ## 👥 Who this event is for • lovers of poetry and literature • language enthusiasts • writers and creative minds • curious people who enjoy thoughtful conversations No experience required. *** ## ⏰ Duration 1h15 *** ## ✨ What to bring • a notebook • a pen • curiosity *** ## ☕ Atmosphere A small circle of people exploring language, poetry and ideas together. First event is free, you just need to pay your drink in the café ;)

This group is for anyone interested in writing in English, whether it be prose or poetry or non-fiction. We get together once a week to listen, critique and support each other in our work. Attendees bring something they have written, six copies, printed out and no longer than seven pages, which they read aloud. They then receive feedback from the rest of the group. The size of the group is limited to 6, so that everyone is able to receive a full 30 minutes of constructive feedback including reading time. If you have nothing to read but would like to come and listen, you are most welcome too. We are an anglophone group and everything is conducted in English, in fact not everyone who comes can speak French. Please bear this in mind if you sign up.

**Complementary lessons from internal productivity to customer-facing AI** AI is transforming the travel industry, but turning ideas into reliable, measurable systems in production remains hard. In this meetup, engineers and leaders from BlaBlaCar and AMEX GBT Egencia will share practical lessons on how they structure AI efforts, ship real systems, and operationalize agentic workflows—from internal platforms to customer-facing travel products. While both companies tackle similar challenges, they’ll share perspectives from different starting points: * **BlaBlaCar** will discuss its focus on **internal productivity and developer enablement**. * **AMEX GBT Egencia** will share learnings from building **customer-facing, knowledge-grounded GenAI agents**. Together, we’ll cover: * how AI initiatives are structured and measured for impact, * how agentic AI is used for both internal productivity and external user experiences, * what it takes to evaluate, orchestrate, and operate agents reliably in production. Expect concrete examples, honest trade-offs, and shared lessons from teams approaching similar problems from different angles. **Format (Hybrid)** This will be a **hybrid meetup**. If you’re around the Paris area, we strongly encourage you to join in person for discussions, networking, and pizza. Remote attendance is also possible—**RSVP to receive the Zoom link.** **Practical Information** **Date**: March 31st, 2026 🕕 **Schedule**: * 6:00 pm – Welcome & networking * 6:30 pm – Talks start * ± 9:00 pm – Pizza & drinks **📍 Location:** AMEX GBT Egencia, 11 Chemin de Bretagne, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (Agora conference room) **🎯 Audience:** (ML) engineers, data scientists, AI enthusiasts, AI practitioners, leaders **🗣️ Language:** English (questions welcome in English, French, and a few other languages) 👉 RSVP early — **in-person spots are limited.** **Agenda & Talks** **Part 1 — AI Strategy: Organizing for Impact** **BlaBlaCar — Yannick HOFFSESS** In the race to “AI-everything”, a lot of companies are burning cash on demos that never leave the lab. At BlaBlaCar, we took a different route: we are treating AI integration like our carpooling model — focused on efficiency and shared resources. In this talk I will go under the hood of BlaBlaCar AI strategy. This isn't about theoretical models. It is a blueprint of how we integrated AI in our practices. I’ll share our reality: the mindset that actually matters, the projects that delivered good ROI and the hurdles that are slowing down our journey. **AMEX GBT Egencia — Bernard CHEA, Véronique BLIN-ROYER** Great AI products don’t start with a model — they start with the fundamentals that make them reliable. We’ll share how we structured and evolved our AI initiatives to move from experimentation to sustained impact: building strong data and AI platform foundations, adapting our approach for GenAI without reinventing everything, and partnering closely with Product to define success criteria upfront. We’ll also cover the governance and prioritization choices that helped us — and the lessons from what slowed us down. **Part 2 — Agentic AI: Internal and Customer-Facing Use Cases** **BlaBlaCar — Mike BENOIT, Valentin FRIES** In this talk, we’ll first break down our journey in enabling engineering teams with a tailor-made multi-agent ecosystem. How to create an orchestrator agent? Are they good at introspection? How to get the most out of your trusty IDE plugin? We’ll share how we moved beyond standard Copilot usage to significantly increase developer experience. We’ll then demonstrate how agentic tools can be leveraged internally to lift operational bottlenecks, like solving the flakiness of external test systems, assisting customer support in investigating escalations, or optimizing the cost of profile picture moderation. We’ll showcase real-world implementations that directly improve our teams’ quality of life and share how we track the tools’ efficiency to provide measurable business value. **AMEX GBT Egencia — Mohamed HAMHOUM, Riham MANSRI** We’ll share a production-grounded journey of building customer-facing GenAI support, starting with a multilingual RAG-based FAQ system deployed in 10 languages. We’ll do a candid retro on what it really takes to keep a RAG experience healthy once it’s live: defining success criteria, putting the right guardrails in place, building an evaluation approach that works across languages, and maintaining quality over time through monitoring and iterative improvements—not just one-off demos. We’ll then show how those learnings informed our move from Q&A to our first Flight Exchange AI agent in production. Using insights from real chat and live-agent sessions, we’ll explain why flight changes were the right next step, what changed when we introduced an agentic workflow, and how we scoped an initial v1 to deliver value safely while creating a feedback loop to expand capabilities. **Speakers:** **Bernard CHEA** is initially a full-stack software developer since 2005 and joined Egencia back in 2012, building the booking platform, then led the data platform and lastly the AI engineering and AI platform teams. His objective has always been to have a full end-to-end view on all aspects of the business to better serve our customers, asking the same to the teams he’s managing. Outside of work, he likes spending time with friends, a former bachata dancer – connecting to humans and not only computers. **Mika BENOIT** works as a Software Engineer at BlaBlaCar since 2021. He joined the Booking squad, creating since then the backend serving the booking flow for all the buses and trains on the platform. During his free time, Mika likes to learn new maker skill, maintain a too complicated home automation setup and play Dungeon & Dragon. **Mohamed HAMHOUM** is a Machine Learning Engineer at Amex GBT since 2024 passioned by GenAI. He has worked on turning structured search systems into intelligent, agent-driven assistants using RAG and Agentic architectures. He has also led efforts in evaluating and strengthening these systems, ensuring performance, stability, and reliability in high-stakes enterprise settings. Outside of AI, he's a big fan of board games and traveling, though he ironically forgets the names of most of the games he plays, despite being able to design agentic ai systems cross teams. **Riham MANSRI** is a Machine Learning Engineer at Amex GBT, where she develops AI solutions and machine learning models across a range of use cases since her final year R&D internship back in 2022 at Egencia. She enjoys working with advanced ML technologies and applying them to real-world problems. Most recently, her work has centred on Generative AI, spanning the design and evaluation of RAG systems, agentic AI, and the use of A2A to improve agent-to-agent communication and coordination. Outside of work, Riham enjoys movies, especially horror and thrillers, has grown into an F1 fan over the past few years, and is an enthusiastic bootcamp workout devotee. **Valentin FRIES** joined BlaBlaCar as a Senior Software Engineer in 2022 and worked since then on bootstrapping and evolving the Global Distribution System enabling train sales on the platform. Prior to that, he worked for multiple years as Software Engineer in the travel industry, in education, and infrastructure. During his free time, Valentin practices Taï Chi Chuan and likes to start new hobbies — woodworking, bass guitar — that he won't be able to invest in since he has a newborn child. **Véronique BLIN-ROYER** has been working in product management for over 15 years. She started her journey when agile practices were beginning to take root — around 2012, when agile was becoming mainstream. Since then, she had the opportunity to work across different product development teams, from front-end to back-end, always refining her craft as a product leader. Product management has always been a passion for her: “not only do I practice it daily, but I also teach it in a business school and create internal training programs to help others grow in this discipline”. This background has shaped how I approach AI Product Management today — blending rigor, agility, and a deep curiosity for how AI can transform products. **Yannick HOFFSESS** is the Head of Bus and Train Engineering at BlaBlaCar, a company he joined 4 years ago, bringing over 15 years of tech leadership experience from roles in the travel industry at Amadeus. Yannick balances his professional life with a passion for sports, van-life adventures with his family and needles.

**Qui est pour un groupe WhatsApp de 6600 membres pour faire des sorties AMICALES pour les habitants de l’IDF et limitrophes et âgés entre 20 et 45 ans environ, au moment d’intégrer le groupe** **Il y’a tous types de sorties, et c’est très convivial** **Il faut juste passer par le groupe de filtrage avant afin d’expliquer le but du groupe, et les règles de bienveillance 🙂** **Et c’est gratuit, on fait ça par plaisir pour les franciliens 🙂** **Voici le lien :** **https://chat.whatsapp.com/CW3evOE8e8IByzPtphStnA** **Bonne soirée à toi** **Hasan**

The Dissident Salon is a weekly poetry and performance series created as an extension of the DISSIDENT Club’s mission to provide a home for dissenting voices, hosted by Alissa Leeds. Rooted in the tradition of the literary salon, it treats writing and performance as public acts that question power and challenge the systems that shape our lives. Each week features a curated performer, followed by open mic sessions open to all. Work may be presented in English, French, or other languages. Multilingual expression is central to the space and reflects the realities of exile, displacement, and exchange that define the DISSIDENT Club. The Salon is an ongoing forum for people who speak publicly and think critically through art. It exists to build community and support sustained creative work within the broader ecosystem of the DISSIDENT Club. **When:** Every Tuesday, starting January 6th, 2026 **Sign-ups:** 8:00 PM **Sets:** Three 45-minute sessions at 9:00 PM, 10:00 PM, and 11:00 PM **Where:** The DISSIDENT Club, 58 rue Richer, 75009 Bring work that confronts. We offer the microphone.

We are very glad to host our first meetup of 2026 with **Confidence** by **Spotify** ! **18h30 - Doors Open** **19h00 - Talks** * REX on the implementation of Confidence at leboncoin by [Patrice Chaperon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricechaperon/), Product Director and [Alexis Mauzé](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-mauze/), Technical Program Manager from [leboncoin](linkedin.com/company/leboncoin/) * Experimentation in the AI era and demo of Confidence by [Sebastian Ankargren](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianankargren/), PhD Statistics and Senior Data Scientist from [Spotify Confidence](https://confidence.spotify.com/) **20h30 - Networking** Join us for an informal networking session with food and drinks 🍕 📅 Tuesday, 31 March 2026 📍 5-7 Rue Saint-Fiacre - 75002 Paris ⏰ Doors open at 6:30 PM, event starts at 7:00 PM.

[RSVP Link (Obligatoire - Waitlist)](https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-paris-presents-soiree-ia-recursive-language-models-amp-native-kotlin-ai-agent-for-android-koog/) Rejoignez-nous le 31 Mars chez eXalt pour une immersion totale dans l'IA ! 🚀 De la théorie à la pratique, nous explorerons les frontières du possible avec : Recherche : La gestion du contexte via les Recursive Language Models. Implémentation : Créer des Agents IA natifs sur Android avec le framework Koog. Un grand merci à eXalt IT qui nous accueille et sponsorise cette soirée. On finit bien sûr par une session networking ! 🕒 Agenda 18h30 : Accueil & Networking 👋 19h00 : Talk 1 : Recursive Language Models + Q&A 19h40 : Talk 2 : Koog - Intégrer nativement des Agents IA sur Android + Q&A 20h30 : Buffet & Échanges 🧀 🎤 Talk 1 : Recursive Language Models (RLMs) 🧠 [FR] 🇫🇷 Même les modèles les plus avancés comme GPT-5 souffrent de la « dégradation contextuelle » (context rot) : les performances s’effondrent dès que les entrées s’allongent et que les tâches gagnent en complexité. Dans cette présentation, j'introduirai les Recursive Language Models (RLM), un nouveau paradigme d'inférence révolutionnaire qui permet aux LLM de traiter des volumes de données dépassant largement les limites de leur fenêtre contextuelle native. Inspirés des algorithmes « out-of-core » (hors mémoire vive), les RLM traitent le prompt comme un objet résidant dans un environnement externe — une boucle REPL Python. Le modèle écrit alors du code pour explorer, décomposer et s'auto-invoquer de manière récursive sur des segments gérables de l'entrée. Les résultats sont impressionnants : les RLM gèrent des entrées jusqu'à deux ordres de grandeur supérieurs à la fenêtre contextuelle de base. Ils surpassent systématiquement l'inférence directe, la compression de contexte, les agents RAG (retrieval) et les agents de génération de code — souvent avec des écarts à deux chiffres — sur des tâches allant du « needle-in-a-haystack » (l’aiguille dans la botte de foin) au raisonnement par paires à complexité quadratique. Plan de l'intervention Le problème de la dégradation contextuelle (context-rot) Le paradigme RLM : comment la récursion et un environnement d'exécution de code changent la donne Passage à l'échelle sur les tâches à long contexte Résultats clés : benchmarks, modèles de référence et domaines de prédilection des RLM Limites, questions ouvertes et perspectives de recherche 👤 Speaker : Sonny Mupfuni (AI Engineer & PyTorch Ambassador) 🎤 Talk 2 : Koog : Intégrer nativement des Agents IA dans votre application Android 🤖📱 [FR]🇫🇷 Dans cette session, vous découvrirez les bases de Koog, le nouveau framework Kotlin open source permettant de créer facilement des agents d'IA directement sur la JVM. Nous aborderons les points suivants : Comment configurer Koog pour l'intégrer dans un projet Android. Comment écrire un agent simple, exécuté une seule fois, qui communique avec une API tierce. Comment connecter l'agent à un modèle de langage (tel qu'OpenAI ou Google Gemini). Comment afficher les résultats dans une interface utilisateur Compose basique. 👤 Speaker : Loic Vyncke (Développeur Android Sénior, eXalt IT) ⚠️ Inscription obligatoire. ‼️ Pour ne manquer aucune notification concernant nos invitations et nos événements, inscrivez-vous sur Bevy. Notre compte Meetup sera abandonné dans les prochains mois.‼️ Agenda 6:30 PM: Accueil & Networking 👋 7:00 PM: Recursive Language Models + Q&A 7:40 PM: Koog: Intégrer nativement des Agents IA sur Android 8:30 PM: Buffet & Échanges 🧀🥤 *** Speakers Sonny Mupfuni Sonny Mupfuni is an AI Engineer based in Paris. As a member of the inaugural 2025 PyTorch Ambassador cohort, he is an active community leader in the Python and machine learning ecosystems, with a focus on reinforcement learning, deep learning, and natural language processing. He is driven by a commitment to knowledge sharing and making AI accessible to all. Loic Vyncke - eXalt IT (Développeur Android Sénior) Développeur Android depuis 10 ans, je suis actuellement consultant sénior et également Employee Success Manager en charge de l'animation des communautés chez eXalt IT. Hosted By Jihene Mejri, Chapter Lead Embedded Systems Engineer with a strong passion for mobile development, automation, and engineering workflow optimization. As an Engineering Manager at BforBank, I work on improving the efficiency of tech teams and integrating best development practices. As a speaker, I regularly share insights on mobile performance, developer productivity tools, and engineering culture. WTM Ambassador and GDG organizer, I am committed to building a more inclusive, accessible, and collaborative tech ecosystem. 🌱 Houssem Mahmoud, Software Engineer *** Partner eXalt IT (https://www.exalt-company.com/fr-fr/) eXalt IT : là où l'expertise du Software Engineering rencontre l'audace, pour donner vie à chaque projet. Notre engagement envers des implémentations efficaces, qualitatives et maintenables redéfinit les standards de l'excellence technique. Avec passion et rigueur, nous repoussons les frontières de la technologie pour créer des solutions durables. *** Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-paris-presents-soiree-ia-recursive-language-models-amp-native-kotlin-ai-agent-for-android-koog/.

## Details Hello writers, we are happy to meet you in our new permanent home: Bohème Coworking, located at 21 rue Sedaine in the 11th arrondissement. When you arrive, just tell the friendly folks at La Boheme reception that you are with the writing group. They will give you a little wooden knick-knack with the wifi codes and a number that they use to determine the cost based on time spent (it's 3,80 € per hour, paid at the end). ***Now, about Ready-Set-Write! ..*.** Ready Set Write! is a regular meeting of motivated writers who grab a beverage, then shut up and write. ***What it is:*** An opportunity for writers to get together and do short, intense bursts of writing. We write for 45-ish minutes, take a 15 minute break, rinse & repeat. ***What it is NOT:*** neither a forum for critiquing each other's work, nor shameless self-promoting your projects or groups. You pay for the time you spend, and have access to coffee, tea, and wifi. **AND FINALLY ...** * Register in advance, and only if you will join us in-person. * Update your RSVP if you cannot make it. * Please be respectful and considerate with our writing colleagues. ***Stay tuned for location updates!***

Hello writers, we are happy to meet you in our new permanent home: Bohème Coworking, located at 21 rue Sedaine in the 11th arrondissement. When you arrive, just tell the friendly folks at La Boheme reception that you are with the writing group. They will give you a little wooden knick-knack with the wifi codes and a number that they use to determine the cost based on time spent (it's 3,80 € per hour, paid at the end). ***Now, about Ready-Set-Write! ..*.** Ready Set Write! is a regular meeting of motivated writers who grab a beverage, then shut up and write. ***What it is:*** An opportunity for writers to get together and do short, intense bursts of writing. We write for 45-ish minutes, take a 15 minute break, rinse & repeat. ***What it is NOT:*** neither a forum for critiquing each other's work, nor shameless self-promoting your projects or groups. You pay for the time you spend, and have access to coffee, tea, and wifi. **AND FINALLY ...** * Register in advance, and only if you will join us in-person. * Update your RSVP if you cannot make it. * Please be respectful and considerate with our writing colleagues. ***Stay tuned for location updates!*** [Events in Paris, FR](https://www.meetup.com/find/fr--paris/)

Lyric writing weekly group practice. A few object writing rounds to start, get our reps in — a favorite from the canon, Write Better Lyrics by P. Pattinson.* Followed by other exercises. I adapt the program depending on who shows up. *Object writing : a noun picked through a random word generator, a 10 min timer to delve into our sensory imagination and free-flow with this prompt. We then take turn sharing.

Chers tous ! Comme toujours le thème sera décidé lors de la séance qui précède ; je le publierais dès que je le saurais. Aussi, assurez-vous, je vous prie de vos intentions de participation. Bonnes et belles lectures et écritures et à bientôt ! Jélila PS : le lieu est encore le Delaville, mais je m'en assure quelques jours avant...

Paris Lit Up open mic (PLU) Every Thursday in English (other languages too – when in Rome, speak French) at the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide (103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020). If you would like to read, dance, sing or otherwise express yourself, sign up is open and free to all, starting at 20.00-ish. We go until we drop or run out of performers! In any language. Or no language at all. No limits, just respect. Plus, each week featured performers from around the world are invited to strut their stuff before our rowdy but respectful audience. For this week's special guest, see: www.facebook.com/ParisLitUp Not in Paris? Join us online at "PLU Live on Zoom"! Every Wednesday from 9pm CET. Just like an open mic, but we chat a bit too. Always the same link, hosts rotate: http://tiny.cc/PLUopenmic

Un événement pour se rencontrer entre femmes parisiennes qui écrivent ✍️
Faisons connaissance autour d’un thé ou café et parlons écriture(s), lecture(s) et inspiration(s) ! ☀️ Et n’hésitez pas à prendre vos ordis (chargés) ou carnets : nous allons écrire pendant une partie de l’après-midi !

After a very tight competition the winner of this month is **The Fraud by Zadie Smith** Enjoy your reading!

Greetings writers! Come down and join your fellow wordsmiths for one hour of uninterrupted writing time in the upper level of the Market District Supermarket in Upper Arlington. The main entrance of the shopping center opens onto stairs/elevator leading up to the 2nd floor cafe section where we will have a table displaying a sign with the Shut Up & Write logo. Writing is largely a solitary craft. Practicing with others in a community setting may be the thing you need to fire your own routine. We’ll meet on Wednesday evenings, starting the clock at 6:30, following a brief period of introductions. This is solid writing time and all inclusive. Any project is acceptable, be it fiction, non -fiction, work or homework assignment. All is welcome and will remain private to you. The market boasts a Starbucks, a full service bar and various affordable food options. Parking is plentiful, free Wifi is provided as well as outlets for charging your devices, though they are somewhat limited, so plan accordingly. Show up as early as you like, or stay late. This group tends to socialize some, both before and after the alloted time, but this is not mandatory to you. Feel free to come and go as you please and late arrivals are welcome. The cafe may be noisy on occasion so headphones/ earbuds are reccommended as you see fit. Please try to RSVP if possible so that we may grab enough seats for all—the venue can be busy at times. Feel free to message me privately wth any questions and/ or concerns you may have. Happy writing!

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros. 10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Saturday!

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros. 10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Saturday!

**We are expanding our creative programming opportunities with Queer Quills, a quiet writing and sharing space. Queer Quills features some prompts, supplies and friendly faces to help get some inspiration or feedback for your writing. Hope to see you there!**

Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 7:00pm on Wednesday, April 22 at Streetlight Guild. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. **SCHEDULE:** 6:45ish - Quick introductions 7:00 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour 8:00 - The End **OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING** happens before and after the writing hour. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. **BEING LATE IS OKAY:** just show up and get settled! If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing & I look forward to seeing you at Streetlight Guild! **WHAT SHOULD I BRING?** Whatever you need to be able to write! You're welcome to bring earplugs/headphones if noise will bother you! **OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:** * **RSVP:** Please RSVP by 6:00pm the evening of the meeting. This helps me know how many to expect, and if we'll need additional space! * **COVID:** While masks are not required, please be mindful of the other writers around you and their comfort levels. * **WIFI/OUTLETS:** Outlets are limited, so please ensure your devices are charged when you come! But Streetlight Guild does have free WiFi! Yay! * **PARKING:** There is free public parking at Streetlight Guild.